... ?EUOND EDITION. MERCURY OFFICE, THUERSDAY, ELEVEN ?? ocr;. THE EANST. Constantinople accounts say that a whole divi- sion1 had there embarked for Montenegro. An insurrection had broken out in the ?? of Canldia. 2000 armed insurgents insist on the re- mloval of Vrely Pacha, and a diminution of the waxes on the Christians. COMMlENTS OF THtE LO:NDONr PAPERS. The Tiwnes, in a leader on the ...

... I ?4I?d6ND EDLTLON? METtE>CTTRY OFMCE:. TOESDAY, REt;E Cx oCcoca. FRANTCE. A lettecr frrom1 Paris says,-apropos of the dils- claimler of the .ltovnitcis'- it is notoriouts thlat the M~editerrane an s qu adrona has recently b-eeni augmenlted from eight to fourteen vessels-that 40,000 extra recru~its wrere called out this sprriug, and thlat immlense armamenrts,, far beyo~nd whlat the *lefence ...

... t t C 11 ? £ U t C. POPERY IN TIUE EDINBURGh DIRECTORY. TO TIlE EDITOR OF T~lE C ALEDONIAN- ItEttCUtY* SIB,-Can you explain how it happens that the Edinburgh Directory publishes a calendar so little like all others, and having so much the appearance of onle published by his Holiness in Rome. I will not waste your space, but a few specimens will showt what I mean, and hoev little the ...

... OVERLA?!il EXPREPS. it (From the Globe.) I The overland mail brings letters and newspapers from v Bombay, May 19. l 1Xith the fall of Kotah, Jhansi,. and Luteknow the opera- ia tions of regular warfare seem to have terminated, the strife v l in Oude and Rohilcund having degenerated into a sort of s guerilla contest, int which success can only be expected to l t wait on natience, while a defeat ...

... ARWIE UNITED STATES. ?? the Times' Correspondewl2.) Washington, MAfayl`Z. The schooner Mobile, trading between Mobile and Newnt York under a- coasting license, was, on tie 29tb nlit., when within about -30 miles of Key West, fired into, brought-to, boarded, andsearched by a British man-of-war. The story of the ?? vessel-which alone has 'been made publc c up to this time-is that, about 3 or ...

... (From our own Correspondent.) London, Monday. The Committee resumed its sittings to-day at 12 o'clock, when Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS said the Committee had on Friday come to a resolution to strike out the words and frith. He wished to state that his clients acquiesced in the decision then come to. The next clause referred to the police, and be took it for granted that it would meet with the ...

... TiHE FIRE IN Tu;lIES STREET.-The insurance ef- t fected on different goods stored in the warehouses on v Knill's Fresh Wharf, situated at the back of Thames t Street, and *which took fire on Monday morning last, o is supposed to reach the general average of insurances, g namely to three-fifths of the value of the property de- v stroyed by fire and water. The amount of property c thus spoiled ...

... ARRIVAL OF DR. LIVINGSTONE AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HoP.-Advices from the Cape of Good Hope to 25th April report the arrival there of Dr. Liviugstone -all well. ACCIDENT AT THE HARBOUR-On Monday after- noon, while the barque Bruna was being towed from her discharging berth at the Broomielaw, the steam tug ran foul of one of the buoys, and was unable to control her. Being under considerable impetus, ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-Tuesday, June 15. The Earl of LUAN intimated that Lord Lyndhurst had post. 1C poned his bill for the admission of Jews into Parliament until A Thursday week, a In reply to Ljord Broughom, the Earl of ALMESBURY stated a that a Commission had been issued to inquire into the best is mans of meaning the Navy. he did not wish it to be supposed, a however, that there would bethe ...

... O~THrN~ss.-The late heavy rains have been succeeded by sunshine and warmth, so that the corn crops have made astonishing progress during the past fortnight, and are con- sidered to be three weeks in advance of last year. Grass tel fields, both sown and meadow, look remarkably well, and the ' hay crop this year promises to be abundant, In some places Fe the grub has made rather severe havoc on ...

... THE GOVERNMIENT OF INDIA. THE Ministry has found it unnecessary to proceed with the Indian resolutions, which were creeping slowly through the House, and had only got the length of the sixth on Thursday night. This resolution was a ne- cessary sequence to that adopted on Monday, but it was threatened with considerable opposition notwithstand- ing, so that, on several members expressing a wish ...

... TEE following is the address of the Rev. J. B. Pratt, of . Cruden, which he was prepared to deliver on the ease against Mr Cheine, m the Diocesan Synod, on Thursday, bat which was not received. We deem it fair to Mr Pratt, l who offered to give an opinion as to form, &e., that hisI views shoild be made public:- . My Lord Bishop-The veiy important case now before the Synod-important, not' ...